The Pulp Ark Awards Have Returned!
NOMINATIONS
NOW OPEN FOR 2016 PULP ARK NEW PULP AWARDS!
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NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN FOR 2016 PULP ARK NEW PULP AWARDS!
Pulp Ark, a convention focusing on New Pulp Fiction and
Culture, was held from 2011 to 2013. In 2015, Pulp Ark returned as a major
component of the River City Comic Expo in Little Rock, AR. A primary part of
Pulp Ark for its first three years were The Pulp Ark Awards, fan voted awards for
Genre Fiction defined as New Pulp.
According to Tommy Hancock, founder and coordinator of Pulp
Ark and the Awards, The Pulp Ark New Pulp Awards are continuing in 2016 and
will be awarded at the River City Comic Expo June 11-12, 2016 in Little Rock,
AR.
“It feels right,” says Hancock, “to return the Awards to
their association with Pulp Ark, especially with the successful return of the
convention in a slightly new form in 2015. We’ve reviewed the slate of awards
given in the past and have reduced the number for a variety of reasons, and
although we may add removed awards back or even new categories at a later date,
we feel like the awards offered are comprehensive for the state of New Pulp
today. Pulp Ark was conceived to bring the best and brightest creators to the
public’s attention and the Awards proved then and will again prove to be one of
the best possible ways to do just that.”
Nominations for the 2016 Pulp Ark New Pulp Awards are now
open and will close at 5 PM CST on February 1, 2016. Anyone can nominate in any
of the available categories for work that was published in 2015, either in
print, ebook form, or in an established internet venue, such as an e-magazine.
Postings on personal blogs do not qualify.
All nominations that are made that fit the qualifications of
New Pulp will be placed on the final ballot, regardless of the number of
nominations any one work or individual receives. NO CREATOR MAY NOMINATE
HIM/HERSELF OR HIS/HER WORK FOR A PULP ARK NEW PULP AWARD. Publishers may,
however, nominate works from their own publishing houses as long as the
Publisher is not a writer or artist involved in the nominated work. This is
also a change from previous years.
To determine if a work or creator qualifies for these awards
the definition for works that qualify is as follows-New Pulp is fast-paced,
plot-oriented storytelling of a linear nature with clearly defined, larger than
life protagonists and antagonists, creative descriptions, clever use of turns
of phrase and other aspects of writing that add to the intensity and pacing of
the story.
Hancock also states, “Every year we held the awards, we
received nominations that, due to the subjective way that New Pulp is defined,
might be questionable in terms of qualifying as New Pulp. As we have done in
the past with the Awards, there will be a selected committee of 4-5 New Pulp
creators who will, when such questions arise, be consulted to determine
inclusion of said work as a nomination.”
The only works eligible for the 2016 New Pulp Awards are
those produced between January 1, 2015 and December 31, 2015. Anyone can make a
nomination and anyone that makes a nomination will receive a ballot on February
2nd and voting will be open until 5 PM CST on February 17, 2016. Also, ballots
will be posted on the Pulp Ark New Pulp Awards 2016 Facebook page and available
for anyone who wishes to cut and paste and email the ballot to
PulpArkNewPulpAwards2016@yahoo.com. Each ballot must contain a link to a
Facebook page, a Twitter account, an email profile, or some other verifiable
source by which the identity of the voter can be affirmed.
In the past, the Pulp Ark Awards were physical plaques
presented to each winner. The final form of the 2016 Awards has not be
determined at this point, but a physical award of some sort will be given to
each winner.
The Categories open for Nomination until 5 PM CST February
1, 2016, are as follows.
Only One Nomination allowed per person per category in-
1. Best Novel (This includes E-books as well as print books
and length must be 40,000 + words)
2. Best Collection/Anthology (This includes single author
story collections and multi- author anthologies. This includes E-publications
as well as print books)
3. Best short story (this includes stories that appear in
short story collections, anthologies, magazines, and e magazines. If from an
e-mag, the story must appear on a site identified as an e-magazine, not simply
be posted on a site or blog. It includes e-publications as well as
traditionally printed works. Length must be 17,500 words or less.)
4. Best Novella (this includes stories that appear in short
story collections, anthologies, magazines, and e magazines. If from an e-mag,
the story must appear on a site identified as an e-magazine, not simply be
posted on a site or blog. It includes e-publications as well as traditionally
printed works. Length must be 17,500- 40,000 words)
5. Best Cover-(This is restricted to prose book
publications, including e-books)
6. Best Artist (This reward refers to the artist only and
any artist with work published in New Pulp works, including novels, short
stories, magazines, e-publications, and covers or interiors as well, in 2015 is
eligible).
7. Best Author (This reward refers to the author and any
author with work published in 2015 is eligible, including novels, short
stories, etc. This includes e-publications as well).
8. Best New Writer (To be nominated, a writer must have been
published for the first time in the pulp field in the calendar year of 2015.
This includes e-publications as well).
